This is going to be a quick preview, as I much as I would love to wax poetic about Towson’s opponent this weekend, the College of Charleston. It’s a college. It’s in Charleston. I’m going to go to at least one of the games this weekend, so I’ll have a more extensive series recap with some photos and video.
The Cougars baseball team is in second place in the Colonial Athletic Association (12-6 in conference play, 30-15 overall), but are only 5-8 on the road (that’s right, they’ve only played 13 of 45 games on the road. How’s that for some scheduling?!). Charleston has a powerful offense, showing up in the top three of just about every statistical category in the CAA, and are the only conference pitching staff with an ERA under three (2.86, though it is a more middle-of-the-pack 3.13 in conference play). They don’t have any highly rated MLB draft prospects that I can find on any list, they’re just a very good college baseball team. Towson will have it’s work cut out for it this weekend.
If there was ever a weekend you wanted to baseball, baseball, this would be a good weekend to baseball.
The Watch List
Richie Palacios, SS – .323↓/.457↓/.557↓, 167 AB, 47 R, 8 HR, 14 2B, 30 RBI, 21-22 SB. I’ve completely forgotten to congratulate Palacios for becoming the first Towson player to collect 200 hits within three seasons. Congrats! Maybe that’s what he needs to break him out of his slump.
Dirk Masters, 2B – .266↓/.395↓/.284↓, 109 AB, 16 R, 7 RBI, 3-3 SB. Masters has been moving around in the batting order recently, moving up as far as the five spot in Towson’s last game.
David Marriggi, P – 3-5, 4.34 ERA↓, 64.1 IP, 33 BB, 55 K. Marriggi will start today’s series opener, looking to bounce back from a tough start last weekend. He’s given up 6 or more earned runs two other times this season, in the starts following those games he’s allowed 3 earned runs in 13.1 innings, with a 13-5 K/BB ratio. The Tigers will need another similar performance today.
Michael Adams, P – 3-5, 5.20 ERA↓, 62.1 IP, 23 BB, 68 K. I haven’t had a chance to review Adams last (disastrous) start (notch to Northeastern University’s on-demand game streams), but I plan on doing so to see what happened. Hopefully he bounces back on Saturday.
More Info
Pitching match-ups, series history, and more can be found here. All three games will be streaming online and I will have my Twitter box fired up and ready to go.
Musical Finale
Quintessential 90’s musician Edwin McCain is a College of Charleston alumni, but since this isn’t a wedding or a prom, I’m not playing anything by him. Sorry, Ed.
